吆喝
yāo​he

urge

吆 yāo bawl

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 幺 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
幺
幺 Sound component
yāo tiny

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqiːw

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

喝 hē, he, hè drink

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 曷 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
曷
曷 Sound component
hé, è, hè why? what? where?

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqraːds
qʰoːb
qʰaːd
Unicodexɑt

說文解字

《說文》：“喝，也。从口，曷聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)